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Has been a journalist and author for more than three decades. He worked for 20 years as a newspaper reporter, 15 of them at. From 1990 to 1993, he served as the. Moscow correspondent, covering the demise of the Soviet Union and the rise of the new Russia. In 1996, he became a freelance writer, covering the environment and international affairs, primarily for. Magazine. He has also written for. The New Yorker, Smithsonian, Outside, Audubon,. The Wall Street Journal. And has co-authored two books:.
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As the birding season wound down in March, and only a smattering of molting adult Adélie penguins remained in the Palmer Station region, Bill Fraser and his team continued their studies of southern giant petrels and skuas. Here, on Humble Island, Fraser measures the culmen or exposed part of the beak of a rapidly growing southern giant petrel chick. Kristen Gorman, left, Peter Horne, and Fraser take measurements of a South Polar skua chick on Shortcut Island. In the 1820s, the first explorers, seamen, an...
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After spending five months in Antarctica, award-winning journalist and author Fen Montaigne has written a dramatic chronicle of Antartica's penguins that bears witness to climate changes foreshadowing our own future. For anyone who dreams of traveling to Antarctica, adores penguins, or respects the power of our natural world. A perfect gift for global and armchair travelers alike. New York Times Book Review. Site designed by three square design.
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In this series of five videos, David Huang a research assistant at Palmer Station presents his memorable films from the season that I was there. The first video,. Finding Antarctica: October 2005. Depicts the voyage that he, I, and others made aboard the Laurence M. Gould from Punta Arenas, Chile to Palmer Station. The second video,. The First Time I Saw Palmer Station: Antarctica, 2005. The third video,. Swimming Orca, Rubber Duke. The fourth video,. 40 Horses and a Seal. And the fifth video,.
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Palmer Station and the R/V Hero. From the air, taken late in the 1968-69 season after the. Exterior skin of GWR has been installed. (US Navy photo by Bill Curtsinger, from the. July/August 1969. Presumably he took it from the Edisto's. April 2013.still in no apparent order:. The University of Alabama-Birmingham team. Is an eclectic blog by Tsaven (Brendan) who was the UT for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 summers. If you go back a bit further. He also describes his 2008 winter. Here is the new LTER home page.
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On the first night of the six-day voyage to Palmer Station, the sun sets over the Strait of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego. After a smooth crossing of the Drake passage, we spent a day dropping off a field team in King George Island at the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula. The island is seen here from the Bransfield Strait. Palmer Station, the older parts of which were built in the late 1960s. Nearing Palmer Station, the. A pintado petrel accompanies the. Laurence M. Gould. Penguins gather in the tw...
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In early to mid-February, the fledged Adélie chicks gather on the shores of the penguin islands near Palmer Station, preparing to take the plunge into the Southern Ocean. Off Torgersen Island, Adélie chicks seek refuge on a rock outcropping as they head into the Southern Ocean. Along the northwestern Antarctic Peninsula, most will perish during their first year, in part because sea ice which they use as a feeding platform during the winter is in sharp decline as temperatures rise. A late February sunset.
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An Adélie on Biscoe Point displays typical signs of alarm as I approach too closely to take a photo. The feathers on the back of its head and neck are raised and the penguin turns its head and gives me a wide-eyed look of warning. January is high summer in Antarctica, and the weather is often sunny and warm around Palmer Station, offering breathtaking views of the peninsular range. Here, on Biscoe Point, a pair of Adélies and their chick bask in the sun. Icebergs off Dream Island. As one parent protects ...
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